The collection consists
of manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs documenting the
performance of Irish music, Ghanaian music and dance, Japanese koto music,
Mexican string band music, Senegalese music, and West Virginia old-time music
recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson
Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through October 1982,
sponsored by the American Folklife Center and the National Council for the
Traditional Arts.